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05 September 2013

Japan: Kamakura Daibutsu

"The Great Buddha of Kamakura (Kamakura Daibutsu) is a bronze statue of Amida Buddha, which stands on the grounds of Kotokuin Temple. With a height of 13.35 meters (or about 44 feet which is the same height at the columns on the Lincoln Memorial), it is the second tallest bronze Buddha statue in Japan, surpassed only by the statue inNara'sTodaiji Temple.

"The statue was cast in1252 and originally located inside a large temple hall. However, the temple buildings were destroyed multiple times by typhoons and a tidal wave in the 14th and 15th centuries. So, since 1495, the Buddha has beenstanding in the open air."